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‘All ICAC’ Edition of the Review Focusses on Textiles & Sustainability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date Posted: 1 February 2023
Executive Summary
The just-released edition of ‘Cotton: Review of the World Situation’ includes:
- An article from ICAC Economist Ms Lorena Ruiz on the global textiles and apparel trade,
- An article from ICAC Head of Textiles Mr Kanwar Usman on the Product Environmental Footprint,
- An article from ICAC Communications Director Mike McCue on the global textile supply chain, and
- The official Final Statement from the ICAC’s 80th Plenary Meeting.
‘All ICAC’ Edition of the Review Focusses on Textiles & Sustainability
In the newest edition of ‘Cotton: Review of the World Situation’, Editor and Economist Lorena Ruiz turned to her colleagues at the ICAC to address the intersection of two critical topics for cotton: textiles and sustainability.
In addition to authoring an article herself, ‘Global Textiles and Apparel Trade: A Post-Pandemic Review’, Ms Ruiz secured articles from:
- Mr Kanwar Usman, ICAC Head of Textiles, who wrote a deep-dive analysis of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), a life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC), and
- An overview of the 2022 World Café, which convened 27 experts around the world to discuss ‘The Evolving Global Textile Supply Chain’, written by ICAC Communications Director Mr Mike McCue.
The final entry in the 13-page issue is the Final Statement of the ICAC’s 80th Plenary Meeting, which was held virtually from 29 November 2022 – 1 December 2022 with the theme, ‘Driving Sustainability through Innovation and Leadership’.
‘This issue of the Review reflects the recent and intensifying focus of the ICAC on textiles, as evidenced by the hiring of the first-ever Head of Textiles, Kanwar Usman’, Ms Ruiz said. ‘And while sustainability has always been a major area of emphasis for the ICAC, its importance to all stakeholders in the cotton industry is growing rapidly. Between the three staff-written articles and the Final Statement, readers will have a good sense of what the ICAC has been focussing on recently and that will only increase as we move forward’.
To read this free issue of the Review, please click https://tinyurl.com/577m7ja7.
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About the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
Formed in 1939, the ICAC is an association of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries. It acts as a catalyst for change by helping member countries maintain a healthy world cotton economy; provides transparency to the world cotton market by serving as a clearinghouse for technical information on cotton production; and serves as a forum for discussing cotton issues of international significance. In addition, members can take advantage of the ICAC’s global network of cotton researchers, whose expertise covers the supply chain from farm to textile manufacturing, and have free access to its cutting-edge technologies like the voice-based app and virtual technology cotton training programme. Committed to ensuring cotton’s continued sustainability, the ICAC is the only intergovernmental commodity body covering cotton that is recognised by the United Nations. For more information, please visit www.icac.org, Twitter or LinkedIn.